Tire-armor.



J. D. METCALF.

TIRE ARMOR.

APPLICATION man on. 23. 1915.

2 1 1 5 a Patented June 5, 1917.

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TIRE-ARMOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 31%17.

Application filed October 23, 1915. Serial No. 57,547.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, Jnrrnnsor: D. MET- oALr, a citizen of the United States, residing at VVisner, in the parish of Franklin and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Tire-Armor; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to an armor especially designed for practically inclosing the pneumatic tire of a vehicle for protecting it against wear and puncture.

The invention has for its primary object to provide a simple and reliably efiicient tire armor constructed entirely of a single piece of spring sheet metal and embodying means for yieldably and movably securing it upon the spokes of the wheeL,

With this and. other objects in view, th invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a.

vehicle wheel and tire illustrating the improved armor applied thereto, partly broken away,

Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the tire armor in extended position, and

Fig. 3 represents a transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Referring to thedrawing in detail, wherein'similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral indicates a band or rim constructed of spring sheet metal, preferably steel, of adequate thickness and curved transversely to conform with the outer our vature of a pneumatic tire 6. .The rim 5 is provided with a plurality of laterally projecting and staggeredly arranged-extensions 7 having enlarged inner ends 8, formed with apertures 9 in their free ends. The free ends of the rim or hand are also formed with apertures 10..

(Jopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the wear. The extensions 7 are arranged a distance apart corresponding to the distance between the outer extremities of the spokes 13 of the wheel and the rim or band 5 is adjusted circumferentially of the wheel so as to dispose each of the extensions 7 opposite one of the spokes 13. The enlarged ends 8 of the extensions are subsequently looped about the spokes 13 and the free ends I thereof are rigidly and permanently secured together by rivets, or equivalent means, 14, positioned through the apertures 9. The loops or sleeves, indicated by the numeral 15 in Fig. 6, formed by looping the enlarged ends 8 of the extensions, are formed of adequate size to permit sliding movement of said sleeves over the spokes of the wheel, and, if desired, the tread portionsof the band or rim ,5 may be formed with transverse corrugations -or ribs designed to prevent skidding of the wheel.

What I claim is:

The combination with a wheel including spokes and a tire, of a metallic'band surrounding the tire, a plurality of laterally v projecting and staggeredly arranged extensions formed on each edge of said band and adapted to extend parallel with the spokes, and elongated heads formed on the ends of the extensions and bent about 'the spokes and fastened together to retain the band on the tire.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, JEFFERSON n. METCALF.

Witnesses: i l

D. D. GILL; MAYO KENDRICK;

Gommissioner of 'Eatents,

Washington, D. 0. 

